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Donald Trump's Rioters Hate John Roberts Right Now And The Supreme Court Building Needs Backup

Better to be safe right now.

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COVID has kept the justices out of the Supreme Court building, continuing to hear arguments via telephone conference. But Cletus in his Wal-Mart tactical gear doesn’t necessarily understand the docket — they clearly didn’t care that no one was in the offices they were trashing — and after what happened on Wednesday and the vitriol on the right-wing internet over the Supreme Court failing to overturn the election as Trump kept pretending they could, it might be a good idea to redouble security at 1 First Street for the time being.

Novelist Courtney Milan, who clerked for both Justice O’Connor and Justice Kennedy, raised the concern yesterday on Twitter:

This isn’t besmirching the job the Supreme Court security performs, but we saw how a much larger force was entirely overwhelmed when crazies put their minds to it. Given the escalated tensions right now it’s probably worth sending some backup to the building and the justices for the time being.

The Supreme Court shouldn’t be allowed to become a Star Chamber locked off from the public — any more than it already is, anyway — but there’s no need to create more onerous security procedures. The current procedures are more than adequate… security just needs some help making sure they can enforce them. Beefing up the presence in the short-term isn’t a bad idea.

Of course, one Supreme Court justice should be fine since he’s got one of the mob’s cheerleaders with him:

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Delightful.

Hopefully these idiots will never make a run at our courts, but it’s worth worrying about right now because I’d have never imagined Wednesday until I watched it.

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